Why would you want to? A rhetorical question. If you don't want big chunks of crunchy pecans, simply grind them up into whatever size pieces that you want. Putting them on top and baking will result in them becoming crunchy, even if yo took steps to soften them.

Headaches are a name for many different kind of problems - where does it hurt? top of the head, back of the neck? only one side? both sides? temples?! what kind of a pain is it? The reason I'm asking is that though both explanation MackTheKnife gave sounds good, it might also be a migrane, which is ...

Traditional mince meat pie had a filling that was made from finely cut up meat (minced meat) plus some other ingredients (possible additions that varied according to the recipe used = onions, potato, turnips, carrots, etc). Mince pie filling (traditional in my family) = a filling made with these ...